Georges Eo (born 7 November 1948 in
Lorient
Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France.
History
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) is a French
football
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manager
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and former
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He was assistant manager of
Nantes
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from 1987 to 2005, during which time the club won two
Ligue 1
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titles. He became the club's full manager in 2006, but was replaced during the middle of the 2006–07 season by his assistant
Michel Der Zakarian
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Raised in France, he played for Nantes and Montpellier, and ear ...
; they were relegated to the
Ligue 2
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at the end of the season.
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1948 births
Sportspeople from Lorient
French footballers
France men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Ligue 1 players
FC Lorient players
FC Nantes players
Paris FC players
Olympique de Marseille players
Red Star F.C. players
French football managers
Red Star F.C. managers
FC Nantes managers
Footballers from Brittany
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